Version 1.1

Launching apps via background process.
Invoking apps via COM.
Check if app is running every 5 seconds in order to close this app.

UWPHook/App.xaml.cs

@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ namespace UWPHook
     /// </summary>
     public partial class App : Application
     {
+
     }
 }

UWPHook/AppManager.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace UWPHook
+{
+    class AppManager
+    {
+        private int id;
+
+        public void LaunchUWPApp(string uri)
+        {
+            var mgr = new ApplicationActivationManager();
+            uint processId;
+            mgr.ActivateApplication(uri, null, ActivateOptions.None, out processId);
+
+            id = (int)processId;
+        }
+
+        public Boolean IsRunning()
+        {
+            if (id == 0)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            try
+            {
+                Process.GetProcessById(id);
+            }
+            catch (Exception)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public enum ActivateOptions
+    {
+        None = 0x00000000,  // No flags set
+        DesignMode = 0x00000001,  // The application is being activated for design mode, and thus will not be able to
+                                  // to create an immersive window. Window creation must be done by design tools which
+                                  // load the necessary components by communicating with a designer-specified service on
+                                  // the site chain established on the activation manager.  The splash screen normally
+                                  // shown when an application is activated will also not appear.  Most activations
+                                  // will not use this flag.
+        NoErrorUI = 0x00000002,  // Do not show an error dialog if the app fails to activate.
+        NoSplashScreen = 0x00000004,  // Do not show the splash screen when activating the app.
+    }
+
+    [ComImport, Guid("2e941141-7f97-4756-ba1d-9decde894a3d"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
+    interface IApplicationActivationManager
+    {
+        // Activates the specified immersive application for the "Launch" contract, passing the provided arguments
+        // string into the application.  Callers can obtain the process Id of the application instance fulfilling this contract.
+        IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] ActivateOptions options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
+        IntPtr ActivateForFile([In] String appUserModelId, [In] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface, IidParameterIndex = 2)] /*IShellItemArray* */ IShellItemArray itemArray, [In] String verb, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
+        IntPtr ActivateForProtocol([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr /* IShellItemArray* */itemArray, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
+    }
+
+    [ComImport, Guid("45BA127D-10A8-46EA-8AB7-56EA9078943C")]//Application Activation Manager
+    class ApplicationActivationManager : IApplicationActivationManager
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)/*, PreserveSig*/]
+        public extern IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] ActivateOptions options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)]
+        public extern IntPtr ActivateForFile([In] String appUserModelId, [In] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface, IidParameterIndex = 2)]  /*IShellItemArray* */ IShellItemArray itemArray, [In] String verb, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)]
+        public extern IntPtr ActivateForProtocol([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr /* IShellItemArray* */itemArray, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
+    }
+
+    [ComImport]
+    [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
+    [Guid("43826d1e-e718-42ee-bc55-a1e261c37bfe")]
+    interface IShellItem
+    {
+    }
+
+    [ComImport]
+    [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
+    [Guid("b63ea76d-1f85-456f-a19c-48159efa858b")]
+    interface IShellItemArray
+    {
+    }
+}

UWPHook/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
         xmlns:local="clr-namespace:UWPHook"
         mc:Ignorable="d"
-        Title="UWPHook" Height="350" Width="525" Loaded="Window_Loaded" Icon="1_cJz_icon.ico">
+        Title="UWPHook" Height="600" Width="800" Loaded="Window_Loaded" Icon="1_cJz_icon.ico">
     <Grid>
         <Grid.RowDefinitions>
-            <RowDefinition Height="20*"/>
-            <RowDefinition Height="9*"/>
+            <RowDefinition Height="147*"/>
+            <RowDefinition Height="44*"/>
         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
         <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
             <ColumnDefinition Width="10*"/>
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
             <ListView x:Name="listView" RenderTransformOrigin="0.496,0.409">
                 <ListView.ContextMenu>
                     <ContextMenu>
-                        <MenuItem Header="Remove" Click="MenuItem_Click"/>
+                        <MenuItem Header="Remove" Click="MenuItem_Click">
+                            <MenuItem.Icon>
+                                <Image Source="{Binding Resources/delete.ico}" Stretch="Fill"/>
+                            </MenuItem.Icon>
+                        </MenuItem>
                     </ContextMenu>
                 </ListView.ContextMenu>
                 <ListView.View>
@@ -32,18 +36,17 @@
             </ListView>
         </Grid>
 
-        <Grid Grid.Column="1" Margin="2,0,9,17" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Row="1" Height="68" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
+        <Grid Grid.Column="1" Margin="2,0,9,17" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Row="1" Height="105" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
             <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-                <ColumnDefinition Width="185*"/>
-                <ColumnDefinition Width="220*"/>
-                <ColumnDefinition Width="91*"/>
+                <ColumnDefinition Width="307*"/>
+                <ColumnDefinition Width="70*"/>
             </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-            <Button x:Name="addButton" Content="Add Game" Margin="8,10,8,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Column="2" Height="20" Click="addButton_Click"/>
-            <TextBox x:Name="alias_textBox" Height="23" Margin="10,36,10,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
-            <Label x:Name="label" Content="Alias" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="26" Width="35"/>
-            <TextBox x:Name="path_textBox" Height="23" Margin="10,36,10,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Column="1"/>
-            <Label x:Name="label_Copy" Content="Path" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Column="1" Height="26" Width="33"/>
-            <Button x:Name="helpButton" Content="Help" Grid.Column="2" Margin="8,35,8,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="20" Click="helpButton_Click"/>
+            <Button x:Name="addButton" Content="Add Game" Margin="6,33,10,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Column="1" Height="20" Click="addButton_Click"/>
+            <TextBox x:Name="alias_textBox" Height="23" Margin="50,36,10,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
+            <Label x:Name="label" Content="Alias" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,33,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="26" Width="35"/>
+            <Button x:Name="helpButton" Content="Help" Grid.Column="1" Margin="6,69,10,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="20" Click="helpButton_Click"/>
+            <TextBox x:Name="path_textBox" Height="23" Margin="50,69,10,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
+            <Label x:Name="label_Copy" Content="Path" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,66,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="26" Width="33"/>
         </Grid>
     </Grid>
 </Window>

UWPHook/MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Windows;
 
 namespace UWPHook
@@ -10,33 +12,61 @@ namespace UWPHook
     public partial class MainWindow : Window
     {
         GameModel gamesView;
+        AppManager manager;
+
         public MainWindow()
         {
             InitializeComponent();
+            gamesView = new GameModel();
+
+            if (Environment.GetCommandLineArgs() != null)
+            {
+                if (Environment.GetCommandLineArgs().Length > 1)
+                {
+                    manager = new AppManager();
+                    try
+                    {
+                        this.Hide();
+
+                        Launch_Game(String.Join(" ", Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()));
+                        while (manager.IsRunning())
+                        {
+                            Thread.Sleep(5000);
+                        }
+
+                        this.Close();
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception e)
+                    {
+                        this.Show();
+                        MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
-            gamesView = new GameModel();
             listView.ItemsSource = gamesView.games;
+        }
 
-            var argument = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
-            string argumentGame = "";
-            for (int i = 1; i < argument.Length; i++)
-            {
-                argumentGame += argument[i] + " ";
-            }
-
-            if (argument != null)
+        private void Launch_Game(string game_name)
+        {
+            //Remove startup path from parameters to get the game name sent from startup options from Steam
+            game_name = game_name.Remove(0, (System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location + " ").Length);
+            foreach (Game game in gamesView.games)
             {
-                foreach (Game game in gamesView.games)
+                if (game.game_alias.ToLower() == game_name.ToLower())
                 {
-                    if (game.game_alias.ToLower() == argumentGame.ToLower().Trim())
+                    try
+                    {
+                        manager.LaunchUWPApp(game.game_path);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
                     {
-                        Process.Start(@"shell:AppsFolder\" + game.game_path);
-                        this.Title = "UWPHook - Now Playing :" + game.game_alias;
-                        break;
+                        throw new Exception("Error while trying to launch your game" + Environment.NewLine + ex.Message);
                     }
+                    break;
                 }
             }
         }

UWPHook/ProcessManager.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace UWPHook
+{
+    class ProccessManager
+    {
+    }
+}

UWPHook/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ using System.Windows;
 // You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.1.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.1.0.0")]

UWPHook/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 // </auto-generated>
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-namespace UWPHook.Properties
-{
-
-
+namespace UWPHook.Properties {
+    using System;
+    
+    
     /// <summary>
     ///   A strongly-typed resource class, for looking up localized strings, etc.
     /// </summary>
@@ -22,48 +22,40 @@ namespace UWPHook.Properties
     [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "4.0.0.0")]
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
     [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
-    internal class Resources
-    {
-
+    internal class Resources {
+        
         private static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager resourceMan;
-
+        
         private static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo resourceCulture;
-
+        
         [global::System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode")]
-        internal Resources()
-        {
+        internal Resources() {
         }
-
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.
         /// </summary>
         [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
-        internal static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if ((resourceMan == null))
-                {
+        internal static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager {
+            get {
+                if (object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, null)) {
                     global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp = new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager("UWPHook.Properties.Resources", typeof(Resources).Assembly);
                     resourceMan = temp;
                 }
                 return resourceMan;
             }
         }
-
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Overrides the current thread's CurrentUICulture property for all
         ///   resource lookups using this strongly typed resource class.
         /// </summary>
         [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
-        internal static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo Culture
-        {
-            get
-            {
+        internal static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo Culture {
+            get {
                 return resourceCulture;
             }
-            set
-            {
+            set {
                 resourceCulture = value;
             }
         }

UWPHook/Properties/Resources.resx

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
     value   : The object must be serialized with 
-            : System.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
     
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
     -->
   <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
+    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
     <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
       <xsd:complexType>
         <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
@@ -68,9 +69,10 @@
               <xsd:sequence>
                 <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
               </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
               <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
               <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
             </xsd:complexType>
           </xsd:element>
           <xsd:element name="assembly">
@@ -85,9 +87,10 @@
                 <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
                 <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
               </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
               <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
               <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
             </xsd:complexType>
           </xsd:element>
           <xsd:element name="resheader">
@@ -109,9 +112,10 @@
     <value>2.0</value>
   </resheader>
   <resheader name="reader">
-    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </resheader>
   <resheader name="writer">
-    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </resheader>
+  <assembly alias="System.Windows.Forms" name="System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
 </root>

UWPHook/UWPHook.csproj

@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@
     <ProjectTypeGuids>{60dc8134-eba5-43b8-bcc9-bb4bc16c2548};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
+    <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
+    <Install>true</Install>
+    <InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom>
+    <UpdateEnabled>false</UpdateEnabled>
+    <UpdateMode>Foreground</UpdateMode>
+    <UpdateInterval>7</UpdateInterval>
+    <UpdateIntervalUnits>Days</UpdateIntervalUnits>
+    <UpdatePeriodically>false</UpdatePeriodically>
+    <UpdateRequired>false</UpdateRequired>
+    <MapFileExtensions>true</MapFileExtensions>
+    <ApplicationRevision>0</ApplicationRevision>
+    <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.%2a</ApplicationVersion>
+    <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
+    <UseApplicationTrust>false</UseApplicationTrust>
+    <BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
@@ -35,7 +50,10 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <ApplicationIcon>1_cJz_icon.ico</ApplicationIcon>
+    <ApplicationIcon>hook_icon.ico</ApplicationIcon>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <StartupObject>UWPHook.App</StartupObject>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
@@ -44,6 +62,7 @@
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
@@ -70,6 +89,7 @@
       <DependentUpon>App.xaml</DependentUpon>
       <SubType>Code</SubType>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="AppManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="GameModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MainWindow.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>MainWindow.xaml</DependentUpon>
@@ -93,6 +113,7 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
       <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
       <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </EmbeddedResource>
     <None Include="games.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
@@ -108,7 +129,22 @@
     <None Include="App.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Resource Include="1_cJz_icon.ico" />
+    <Resource Include="hook_icon.ico" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="Resources\delete.png" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <BootstrapperPackage Include=".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1">
+      <Visible>False</Visible>
+      <ProductName>Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 %28x86 and x64%29</ProductName>
+      <Install>true</Install>
+    </BootstrapperPackage>
+    <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5.SP1">
+      <Visible>False</Visible>
+      <ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5 SP1</ProductName>
+      <Install>false</Install>
+    </BootstrapperPackage>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.